2011年11月22日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China may post trade deficit next year: adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 03:05 AM PST

Reuters - China's trade balance faces the risk of sliding into a deficit for the first time in two decades in 2012 as export demand in Europe and the United States slumps, an academic adviser to the central bank said on Tuesday.

Tibet group video allegedly shows nun burning (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:57 AM PST

This image from video footage released by Students For A Free Tibet via APTN purports to show Buddhist nun Palden Choetso engulfed in flames in her self-immolation protest against Chinese rule on a street in Tawu, Tibetan Ganzi prefecture, in China's Sichuan Province Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Students For A Free Tibet via APTN)AP - A Tibetan rights group has released graphic video of what it says is a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street in one of several apparent self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.


Chinese left guessing over high speed rail crash (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:50 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, the first bullet train of a new high-speed railway linking Shanghai with Hangzhou travels to Hangzhou in Shanghai, China. Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway start the operation Tuesday. The investigation into a bullet train crash in China last summer that killed 40 people has come and gone with scarcely any fresh information about what led to the disaster. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)AP - The investigation into a bullet train crash in China last summer that killed 40 people has come and gone with no public report on what led to the disaster.


China urges progress on climate change fund (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:50 AM PST

AP - China is worried the financial crisis is draining contributions to a multibillion-dollar global warming fund but hopes basic financing to help developing countries deal with climate change can be hammered out this month.

US envoy: China promises clean energy access (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:22 PM PST

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson, center left, and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, center right, exchange toasts after the signing ceremony of agreements of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson said Chinese officials promised foreign technology suppliers equal access to their booming clean energy industry in trade talks amid pressure to revive global growth.


Short-seller report batters China's Focus Media (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:41 PM PST

Reuters - Focus Media Holding Ltd , a U.S.-listed Chinese company, said a short-seller's report accusing it of overstating its assets was "completely untrue," and it would make a statement refuting the allegations before U.S. markets open on Tuesday.
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